You just haven't gotten the proper exposure. Don't be discouraged by that. People usually never vote my shit either, but it's because I need to build a better following and continue developing my writing skills.
The whole idea of determining an author's quality is by reading articles, upvoting them when they're good, and following them if you enjoy their content. If we continue to seek high quality content and upvote it as deserved, regardless of who wrote it, things will begin to fall into place.
I agree with you @xvickx which is why this initiative is very exciting at least some whales are trying to address the problem :)